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US 2002/0118266 A1Published application
Platen and printer using the same
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshinori Yamaguchi, Yukio Honda, Akio Hosaka
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Abstract
To provide a platen structure and printer using the same that a platen in length comprises rigid members and a plurality of support parts of a recording medium are disposed in a perpendicular direction to the platen in length and constitute the platen together with relevant rigid members, thereby getting a warp due to an integrated molding of the platen or any aging change under influence of external environments free from occurrence.
Claims11
A platen of a printer comprising:
- rigid members disposed along the length of the platen;
- and
- a plurality of support members for a recording medium disposed in parallel with each other in a direction crossing the length of the platen wherein said support members are retained by said rigid members.
A printer for recording a recording medium comprising:
- rigid members disposed along the length of a platen;
- a plurality of support members for a recording medium disposed in parallel with each other in a direction crossing the length of the platen wherein said support members are retained by said rigid members;
- and
- a head retainer member for retaining an ink jet recording head at a position that can be opposed to said platen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.